WKU women’s basketball falls to No. 8 Vanderbilt

What This Story Is About

• WKU women’s basketball (2-1) fell to No. 8 Vanderbilt, 101-59, on Wednesday.

Why It Matters

• Hayven Smith scored a career-high 15 points, and four Lady Toppers totaled double figures in the game.

What Happens Next

• The Lady Toppers will return home to host Kentucky State on Monday, Nov. 16 at 6:30 PM in E.A. Diddle Arena.

For Context

• Hayven Smith led WKU in scoring with a career high 15 points along with a season high five rebounds.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WBKO) - WKU women’s basketball fell to No. 8 Vanderbilt, 101-59, on Wednesday evening in Nashville. Four Lady Toppers finished with double-figure points, led by junior Hayven Smith, who scored a career-high 15.

WKU won the tipoff and scored first. Trinity Rowe made a 3-pointer from the top of the key for a 3-0 lead. After a Vanderbilt basket, Smith hit a jumper in the paint to put WKU up 5-2.

The Commodores cut into the lead with a pair of free throws. Rowe’s second 3-pointer of the night put WKU ahead 8-4. After another Vanderbilt basket, a baseline jumper from Torri James made it 10-6.

WKU led 12-9 with 6:46 left in the first quarter when Vanderbilt used a 9-0 run to take its first lead. The Commodores outscored WKU 22-6 from that point and led 31-18 after the first quarter.

WKU scored seven points in the second quarter and turned the ball over 12 times against Vanderbilt’s full-court pressure. Vanderbilt led 57-25 at halftime.

The Lady Toppers scored 21 points in the third quarter. Smith had seven of those points and James had six.